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Method adopted to extend constitutional amendments highly objectionable, NC, PDP mulling moving court

March 1, 2019March 1, 2019 Editor

The National Conference and the PDP said Friday that they were mulling moving court against the Centre’s decision to extend the 77th and 103rd Amendments of the Indian Constitution to Jammu and Kashmir in the absence of an elected government in the state. The reactions come after the Union government on Thursday gave its nod to the promulgation of an ordinance for giving reservation benefits to SCs and STs in Jammu and Kashmir by amending a clause of the contentious Article 370, which gives special status to the state. “It…

Restrictions in Kashmir parts, Mobile Internet speed throttled

March 1, 2019March 1, 2019 Editor

Restrictions were imposed in Downtown Srinagar and parts of south Kashmir including Anantnag town while the mobile Internet speed was throttled across the valley on Friday.Reports said that the forces were deployed in strength in the Old City and Anantnag and Bijbehara towns in south Kashmir. Rolls of concertina wires were installed in Anantnag town to restrict the movement of the pedestrians and commuters. An official said that the step has been taken as a precautionary measure to maintain “law and order”, reported news agency GNS.Hurriyat (M) chairman and Kashmir’s…

Pakistani jets violate Indian air space in Nowshera sector, Flight operations temporarily suspended at Srinagar airport

February 27, 2019February 27, 2019 Editor

Pakistani jets violated Indian air space in Jammu and Kashmir’s Nowshera area but were successfully confronted. An official said the jets were immediately pushed back by Indian jets on air patrol. The jets had entered into Indian air space this morning, the official said. More details are awaited. Meanwhile, Srinagar, Jammu and Leh airports were Wednesday closed for civilian air traffic shortly after an IAF jet crashed in Budgam district and amid escalation of cross-Line of Control shelling between armies of India and Pakistan.“The civilian air traffic has been suspended…

Resistance leadership under NAI Raids

February 26, 2019February 26, 2019 Editor

The National Investogation Agency (NIA) Tuesday carried out searches on separatists in Kashmir valley, including Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, in a funding case, officials said. The NIA sleuths accompanied by local police and CRPF personnel carried out searches at nearly nine places across the valley, which included the house of Nayeem Geelani, son of Hurriyat (G) chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani, they said. Besides these, the houses of JKLF leader Yaseen Malik, Shabir Shah, Ashraf Sehrai and Zaffar Bhat were also raided. Shah, who is head of Jammu…

An emergency meeting of Kashmir contact group being called by OIC

February 25, 2019February 25, 2019 Editor

The Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) will hold an emergency meeting of its Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. Following a request from Pakistan, the meeting of the contact group will be held at the level of permanent representatives. “On the request of Islamic Republic of Pakistan a meeting of the Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir … will be held at the OIC General Secretariat” on Tuesday at 11am,” reported Dawn. A notice marked “urgent” has been sent to members of the contact group by the OIC…

Shutdown tomorrow to protest the mass arrest, censorship and any tampering with article 35-A: Joint Resistance Leadership

February 23, 2019February 23, 2019 Editor

The joint resistance leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik on Saturday called for shutdown tomorrow to protest the mass arrest, censorship and any tampering with article 35-A. In a statement issued here the leadership said that the arbitrary arrest of JKLF chairman Yasin Malik and the “mass crackdown and illegal detention” of more than 150 Jamat e Islami cadre and leadership including its Ameer Abdul Hamid Fayaz last night in nocturnal raids across the valley looks to be not only part of the…

100 Companies of central armed forces rushing to Kashmir

February 23, 2019February 23, 2019 Editor

Union home ministry has called for an urgent deployment of hundred more companies of central armed forces in Kashmir. “We have to urgently deploy CAPFs in Jammu & Kashmir. It is requested to provide 100 coys of CAPFs (CRPF – 45,BSF-35,SSB-10 & ITBP 10) to Govt of J&K with immediate effect and till further orders. IG (ops), CRPF is requested to ensure immediate movement of forces in coordination with IG (ops) of all forces,” read a Home Ministry letter to the state government, copies of which have been also sent…

Protests after 3.30pm against rising mob attacks on Kashmiri’s: Traders Union

February 22, 2019February 22, 2019 Editor

With no let up in mob attacks against Kashmiris in various states following a recent militant attack in Pulwama, various trade organisations have called for a complete protest shutdown after 3.30pm in Lal Chowk and Downtown areas on Friday. These organisations, among others, include both factions of the Kashmir economic alliance (KEA), all factions of the Kashmir traders and manufacturers’ federation (KTMF), the Kashmir chamber of commerce and industry (KCCI), Shehar-e-Khaas traders’ coordination committee and Valley-based transporters. Earlier, the trade bodies held a meeting wherein the decision to observe the…

Omar Questions Modi’s ‘Silence’ on Kashmiri being targeted in various parts of the country

February 21, 2019February 21, 2019 Editor

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Thursday asked why Prime Minister Narendra Modi was silent on Kashmiri students being targeted in various parts of the country. Addressing the media, the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister also said talks with Pakistan cannot be held in the backdrop of attacks such as the one in Pulwama last week. “Our PM has talked about a ‘muh tod jawab’ but such a reply is not possible in the current situation,” Abdullah said a week after 40 CRPF soldiers were killed in a terror…

Politicians using soldiers as ‘Canon Fodder’ for their Politics, Why do their sons not join army? Riyaz Naikoo

February 19, 2019February 19, 2019 Editor

In his latest, 17 minutes video, the chief commander of Hizb ul Mujahideen has blamed the atrocities committed by Indian forces responsible for more Kashmir youth taking up arms. “We do not love seeing blood, we do not want to orphan anyone, neither do we want to see any women widowed, We do not celebrate the death of 45 Indian soldiers.” Naikoo is heard saying telling in this fresh audio while referring to the deadly attack on Indian Forces in Pulwama on Thursday. Nobody likes to die for anything worldly,…